pinner
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- Letters
- 6
/ˈpɪnə(ɹ)/
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/ˈpɪnə(ɹ)/ · /pɪnə/ (UK)
Definition of pinner
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(agent, form-of)Agent noun of pin; one who pins.
“This wrestler or pahlwan was a devotee of the old type of wrestling, in which the opponent is thrown down and pinned, unable to get out from under the pinner.”
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noun
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(agent, form-of)Agent noun of pin; one who pins.
“This wrestler or pahlwan was a devotee of the old type of wrestling, in which the opponent is thrown down and pinned, unable to get out from under the pinner.”
- A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
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A cloth band for a gown.
“Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]”
“If by the dairy's hatch I chance to hie, / I ſhall her goodly countenance eſpie, / For there her goodly countenance I've ſeen, / Set off with kerchief ſtarch'd and pinners clean.”
- (obsolete)One who pins or impounds cattle; a pinder.
name
- A suburb in the borough of Harrow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1289).
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English pynner, pynnere, pinnere, equivalent to pin + -er.
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